EDUCATION
2025
MFA in Painting & Printmaking, Yale School of Art
2019
BFA in Painting, Rhode Island School of Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Facts Are Bigger in the Dark - island - New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIR PRESENTATIONS
2026
On a Bit of Earth Which Had No Name - 532 Gallery - Basel, Switzerland (part of Kunsttage Basel 2026)
Presentation with PTT Space - PAVILION - Taipei, Taiwan (art fair)
Para-Jagi - A-Lounge Contemporary - Seoul, South Korea
2025
Surface Tension; or, Four Theses on the Nature of Desire: Part II - TENSION - PTT Space - Taipei, Taiwan
Power Line: Yale School of Art - Perrotin - New York, NY
A Tropical Scene - 32 Edgewood Gallery, Yale School of Art - New Haven, CT
Placeholder - Beacon Hill Friends Meeting House (organized by Copenger) - Boston, MA
Architectures of Intimacy - NARS Foundation - Brooklyn, NY
Presentation with island - Supper Club - Hong Kong (art fair)
Power Line (Part 1) - Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art - New Haven, CT
2024
Contain and Mend, “Special Projects” presentation with Transmitter - Untitled Art Miami Beach - Miami Beach, FL (art fair)
Upward Spiral - Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art - New Haven, CT
Cẩm nang sử dụng: Cuộc đời - Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA) - Hà Nội, Việt Nam
Means of Production - Shisanwu LLC & Sheerly Touch-Ya Warehouse - Glendale, NY
2023
why do i always fall out of bed at night? - Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art - New Haven, CT
The I Has to Travel - Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery - New York, NY
(Im)material Ruins - Asia Art Archive in America (AAA-A) - Brooklyn, NY
2021
Speeding Up, Slowing Down - Kunstraum LLC - Brooklyn, NY
Another’s Table - Textile Arts Center (online)
2020
Word, Image, Object, Action - Transmitter - Brooklyn, NY
Subtle Speaks - Textile Arts Center - Brooklyn, NY
2019
Smear Frames - Design Center, RISD - Providence, RI
2018
In the Mood for Love - RISD Museum - Providence, RI
You’re Invited: Sleepover - RISD Museum - Providence, RI
2017
-isms - Design Center, RISD - Providence, RI
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES, & AWARDS
2026
Art House 2026-27, Civil Art - New York, NY
2022
Leadership Camp: (Im)material Ruins, Asia Art Archive in America (AAA-A) - Brooklyn, NY
2021
Southeast Asian Artist Fellowship (online), The Alternative Art School (TAAS) & MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum
City Artist Corp Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
2020
Alliance for Young Artists & Writers Alumni Microgrant
2019
Artist in Residence, Textile Arts Center - Brooklyn, NY (2019-20)
Becky Westcott Memorial Painting Award, RISD Painting Department
2018
RISD Parents Council Fine Arts Internship Award
Summer Fellowship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center - Snowmass Village, CO
PUBLIC TALKS, CONVERSATIONS, & PRESENTATIONS
2025
Interview with Brainard Carey (Yale University Radio)
Power Line Symposium - Yale University Art Gallery - New Haven, CT
Power Line (Part 1) Exhibition Walkthrough - Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art - New Haven, CT
2023
(Im)material Ruins Panel Discussion - Asia Art Archive in America (AAA-A) - Brooklyn, NY
2021
Speeding Up, Slowing Down Panel Discussion - Kunstraum LLC - Brooklyn, NY
2019
In the Mood for Love Closing Reception Talk & Performances - RISD Museum - Providence, RI
2018
In the Mood for Love Exhibition Walkthrough - RISD Museum - Providence, RI
The Anti-Thesis Project Panel Discussion - NU Hotel - Brooklyn, NY
Re-Collecting Southeast Asia - Southeast Asian Studies Initiative, Brown University - Providence, RI
2017
-isms Public Conversation with Emory Douglas, former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party - RISD Museum - Providence, RI
SELECTED ESSAYS & PRESS
2026
Issue 184, South - New American Paintings
Case for the Unarchived by Phil Zheng Cai (September Magazine)
2025
Z.T. Nguyen: “Facts Are Bigger In The Dark” by Anh Đào Hà (IMPULSE Magazine)
Portable Desires by Alfonse Chiu (Power Line Exhibition Catalog)
Lao động văn hóa và những bất mãn / Cultural Labour and its Discontents by Vinh Phú Phạm, translated by Rylan Nguyễn (ArtRepublik Vietnam, Vol. 7)
2024
VCCA giới thiệu triển lãm 'Cẩm nang sử dụng: Cuộc đời' (Tiền Phong)
2025
MFA in Painting & Printmaking, Yale School of Art
2019
BFA in Painting, Rhode Island School of Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Facts Are Bigger in the Dark - island - New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIR PRESENTATIONS
2026
On a Bit of Earth Which Had No Name - 532 Gallery - Basel, Switzerland (part of Kunsttage Basel 2026)
Presentation with PTT Space - PAVILION - Taipei, Taiwan (art fair)
Para-Jagi - A-Lounge Contemporary - Seoul, South Korea
2025
Surface Tension; or, Four Theses on the Nature of Desire: Part II - TENSION - PTT Space - Taipei, Taiwan
Power Line: Yale School of Art - Perrotin - New York, NY
A Tropical Scene - 32 Edgewood Gallery, Yale School of Art - New Haven, CT
Placeholder - Beacon Hill Friends Meeting House (organized by Copenger) - Boston, MA
Architectures of Intimacy - NARS Foundation - Brooklyn, NY
Presentation with island - Supper Club - Hong Kong (art fair)
Power Line (Part 1) - Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art - New Haven, CT
2024
Contain and Mend, “Special Projects” presentation with Transmitter - Untitled Art Miami Beach - Miami Beach, FL (art fair)
Upward Spiral - Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art - New Haven, CT
Cẩm nang sử dụng: Cuộc đời - Vincom Center for Contemporary Art (VCCA) - Hà Nội, Việt Nam
Means of Production - Shisanwu LLC & Sheerly Touch-Ya Warehouse - Glendale, NY
2023
why do i always fall out of bed at night? - Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art - New Haven, CT
The I Has to Travel - Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery - New York, NY
(Im)material Ruins - Asia Art Archive in America (AAA-A) - Brooklyn, NY
2021
Speeding Up, Slowing Down - Kunstraum LLC - Brooklyn, NY
Another’s Table - Textile Arts Center (online)
2020
Word, Image, Object, Action - Transmitter - Brooklyn, NY
Subtle Speaks - Textile Arts Center - Brooklyn, NY
2019
Smear Frames - Design Center, RISD - Providence, RI
2018
In the Mood for Love - RISD Museum - Providence, RI
You’re Invited: Sleepover - RISD Museum - Providence, RI
2017
-isms - Design Center, RISD - Providence, RI
SELECTED FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES, & AWARDS
2026
Art House 2026-27, Civil Art - New York, NY
2022
Leadership Camp: (Im)material Ruins, Asia Art Archive in America (AAA-A) - Brooklyn, NY
2021
Southeast Asian Artist Fellowship (online), The Alternative Art School (TAAS) & MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum
City Artist Corp Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
2020
Alliance for Young Artists & Writers Alumni Microgrant
2019
Artist in Residence, Textile Arts Center - Brooklyn, NY (2019-20)
Becky Westcott Memorial Painting Award, RISD Painting Department
2018
RISD Parents Council Fine Arts Internship Award
Summer Fellowship, Anderson Ranch Arts Center - Snowmass Village, CO
PUBLIC TALKS, CONVERSATIONS, & PRESENTATIONS
2025
Interview with Brainard Carey (Yale University Radio)
Power Line Symposium - Yale University Art Gallery - New Haven, CT
Power Line (Part 1) Exhibition Walkthrough - Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art - New Haven, CT
2023
(Im)material Ruins Panel Discussion - Asia Art Archive in America (AAA-A) - Brooklyn, NY
2021
Speeding Up, Slowing Down Panel Discussion - Kunstraum LLC - Brooklyn, NY
2019
In the Mood for Love Closing Reception Talk & Performances - RISD Museum - Providence, RI
2018
In the Mood for Love Exhibition Walkthrough - RISD Museum - Providence, RI
The Anti-Thesis Project Panel Discussion - NU Hotel - Brooklyn, NY
Re-Collecting Southeast Asia - Southeast Asian Studies Initiative, Brown University - Providence, RI
2017
-isms Public Conversation with Emory Douglas, former Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party - RISD Museum - Providence, RI
SELECTED ESSAYS & PRESS
2026
Issue 184, South - New American Paintings
Case for the Unarchived by Phil Zheng Cai (September Magazine)
2025
Z.T. Nguyen: “Facts Are Bigger In The Dark” by Anh Đào Hà (IMPULSE Magazine)
Portable Desires by Alfonse Chiu (Power Line Exhibition Catalog)
Lao động văn hóa và những bất mãn / Cultural Labour and its Discontents by Vinh Phú Phạm, translated by Rylan Nguyễn (ArtRepublik Vietnam, Vol. 7)
2024
VCCA giới thiệu triển lãm 'Cẩm nang sử dụng: Cuộc đời' (Tiền Phong)